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• Reference: 2003/0419
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

The MPS step change business case makes clear that increased infrastructure provision will be required if the step change programme is to be fully effective. How much will this increased infrastructure add on to the total cost of the step change programme? .

• Reference: 2003/0438
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

How will the MPA use its statutory role on Borough CDRPs to make them more effective? .

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

As link member for Bromley, I just wonder, Lord Harris, whether in fact you have the right information. The Chief Superintendent has managed to change the duty roster and he also has a charging unit for the sergeant that runs it so that when an officer comes in with an offender he is handed over to the charging unit. The officer is then able to go out on to the streets again, which increases visibility. I wonder whether you have the right information because certainly they have the highest visibility of officers in the Met. I would like to ask...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 December 2003

We are not trying to put barriers in the way of Step Change. Like everybody else we think Step Change is an excellent initiative. The barrier is affordability, particularly given the savage cuts the Government has hit all of London's public services with this year. On the issue of affordability, I would like ask two things. Have you had assurance, or even a nod and a wink from Government Ministers, that after next year's pilot which will cost £26.2 million, yes the money would be forthcoming from Government sources? It certainly cannot come from Londoners. As we look forward to...

• Reference: 2003/0041
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

Do you agree that there should be a no strike agreement for firefighters? .

• Reference: 2003/0046
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

How rigorous has LFEPA's search for efficiency savings been as part of the 2003/04 budget process? .

• Reference: 2003/0047
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

What was your justification for offering LFEPA staff a London Weighting of £4308 and how do you intend to fund this? .

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

Thank you very much indeed. Can I ask both you, Valerie, and Mr Bishop a question in two parts? First of all, Valerie, have you publicly criticised the fire union for going out on these strikes during this period, when everybody knows the Metropolitan Police is on the highest alert in London that it has ever been? And Mr Bishop, have you had further discussions with the other public services, emergency services, in the event, God forbid, that in fact there should be some kind of terrorist incident on a day when the Fire Service is actually on strike? What...

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 29 January 2003

I spent about two hours yesterday with the London Ambulance Service, and yes, the Fire Service is keeping their progress back, because they have moved on tremendously. They have got a four-year programme. They're in the third year of that, and they are looking to all sorts of pilots. And the Fire Service should be coming in with them, because the most important thing, as we're saying, is to get there quickly, and save more lives.

• Reference: 2002/0236-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Why is the cost of the retention of officers following the implementation of C3i being included in the part year cost of additional officers recruited (£48.1m) and being charged to the 2003/4 precept when the salaries of these officers are already in the core budget? Do you agree that without a corresponding negative budget figure in savings that this is double counting? If you do not agree, please clarify the position.